Well, my dear @lindahas. Regarding your post. I guess I am a too old chap who have seen & heard already too much. In fact, I am indeed a research scientist extremely observer who has always put too much attention to everything around. Constantly analyzing, dissecting and scrutinizing things down to the smallest detail with such load of logic, reasoning, acumen & curiosity, that I have irremediably become a formidable skeptic of beliefs and all kinds of optimisms.
So, at this point in my life, I no longer have any other choice but to enjoy what I have left of it, simply exercising my very personal, cynical. ironic and sarcastic version of the optimism, to which I affectionately and decidedly have called long time ago Defensive Pessimism. :)
How about the fact that people who are afraid of certain things, for example spiders, are more likely to encounter them, because their brain is attracting what they are thinking about. This applies to extreme fear, not just dislike of something.
As for this quote above. Not necessarily because their brain is attracting what they are thinking about. I bet these experiences are more exactly the same as when you have the big toe hurt. It is just in those moments that you notice that there are more rocks and stones in your path than usual and ever before. To kick them all with that bad toe specifically all the time. LoL
I totally agree, we notice what we think about and that is partly what I meant that people fearing things attract them. On the other side I do believe that the ability of our brains is much higher than we would like to think. I believe that what we believe in and visualize is easier to achieve than things we would never imagine.
I see the world as this beautiful place, but at the same time I see the dark corners and scary alleys, too, it is too early to call me cynical as I still have hope for humanity, even with all the messed up stuff going on in the world. I do believe that if humans left the planet today, it would become so much beautiful with time, but I also believe that we can care about the world and live in kind of harmony. Sometimes it is hard to stay positive about people, I have met some pretty shady characters and I have seen far too many messed up things, but there is always that hope for me, there are always good people in the world.
I would like to believe that the world is changing for the better, but I guess we will see. If we do instead of just talking we might actually get somewhere.
Best of luck,
Linda :)
Oh! no doubt there are good people in the world. And probably the majority too. Perhaps, the only handicap with this is that this majority are the powerless ones, as to really achieve some collective positive change in the world.
And yes! I agree. I also believe that it is too early for you to join us on our cynical club. Since everyone can notice through the avatar in your profile, that you are indeed a beautiful and very young girl with a long way to go yet across all this current mess. ;)